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Don’t let Wrecking Bar Brewpub’s name fool you: the bartenders here serve a lot more than beer. Their list of spirits encompasses more than 100 whiskeys and scotches, not to mention a fair share of cognacs, brandies, cordials, and seven craft cocktails.

BLT, club, veggie, and more...Golden Capital Asian Kitchen serves sandwiches too tasty to pass up.
Golden Capital Asian Kitchen combines great flavors with healthy ingredients for dishes that not just taste good but make you feel good too.
Al fresco eating options are also available at Golden Capital Asian Kitchen, which presents a lovely patio seating area for warmer months.
Grab your meal to go at Golden Capital Asian Kitchen if you're in a hurry — or better yet, have them bring it to you through their delivery service!
Can't get enough of Golden Capital Asian Kitchen's tasty dishes? They also offer a catering service for parties and events.
Street parking is always accessible for those dining at Golden Capital Asian Kitchen.
Golden Capital Asian Kitchen proves that an amazing meal can be both delicious and affordable.

Donald and Lee Hughes enjoy a lot of perks as the owners and operators of River's Bend Winery And Vineyard. They get to take strolls through their blueberry vineyard, hang out in their event-ready tasting room, and drink the wine that they work so hard to make. They produce a wide array of varietals, from wines featuring the flavors of Georgia-grown fruit such as the Naked Peach, to pinot noirs and merlots fermented from grapes imported from California. They produce so much wine, in fact, that they run a wine club, shipping bottles to subscribers up to six times a year.

Once you’ve bellied up to the cozy tasting room’s bar like an urbane, sophisticated cowboy, you’ll be treated to a few flavorful wafts and quaffs of Montaluce's finest 2008 and 2009 red and white wines, fermented from the carefully maintained fruits of its 35-acre vineyard. The 2008 chardonnay massages the nose with aromas of green apples, pear, and lemon zest mixed with smoke, walnut, and honeysuckle. And the 2008 risata (Italian for laughter) will put your palate into hysterics with notes of cherries, raspberries, cranberry, savory herbs, and just the faintest hint of Joker venom. Otherwise, go snorkeling for the dark chocolate notes buried in the oaky, deep violet, kraken-filled deeps of the cabernet sauvignon. Much like wine itself, your experience at Montaluce will be different depending on the exact point in time you partake of it. Gracious guests who arrive for their wine flight Tuesday through Saturday will be treated to a complimentary guided winery tour at 2 p.m. Likewise, Sunday sippers can tune their taste buds to live musical performances on the veranda from noon to 5 p.m.

Casual American fare can be found at Blue Ridge Brewery.
You won t find fare that s low in fat here
Blue Ridge Brewery is the perfect place to indulge.
Enjoy a drink with your dinner — Blue Ridge Brewery has a full bar to serve up a glass of wine, beer, or more.
Bring your whole brood to Blue Ridge Brewery, where families can dig in to tasty and kid-friendly fare together.
Don't stay inside on a beautiful day! Come sit on the patio at Blue Ridge Brewery and order great food.
Stay in the loop (and online!) by tapping into Blue Ridge Brewery's free wifi hotspot.
No need to be formal, business casual will pass.
If you're in a hurry, place an order for pickup instead.
Street parking is readily available near Blue Ridge Brewery's Depot St location.
If you don't want a night that will cost you an arm and a leg but you do want a delicious meal, come to Blue Ridge Brewery.

If eating at The Southern Table feels more like eating a home-cooked meal than being at a restaurant, that's by design. Owner and chef Eric Reed trained at the French Culinary Institute, and has also staged at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Italy. His menu fuses his culinary training with his favorite childhood southern favorites. Sunday brunch, for instance, offers one homestyle dish after another: fried green tomatoes, chicken and waffles, and biscuits and chorizo gravy, are just a few options. The lunch and dinner menus also showcase what home-cooked meals become with a professional touch, like a pimento cheese BLT sandwich, homemade cornbread, and beef short ribs.

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Decatur has long been a hotbed of craft beer drinking in the Atlanta area and it’s recently taken it up a notch with the debut of new breweries adding to the mix of top notch beer bars the small city has nurtured in the past several years.
Three Taverns Craft Brewery recently opened its doors with a tasting replete with handsome woods in a lodge-like vibe that’s also available for private events and a sparkling brewing area and bottling line. Why Decatur? Brian Purcell of Three Taverns clues us in.
“I fell in love with the vibe and pace of Decatur and moved here in 2002. It was in Decatur that I brewed my first beer and got the bug for home brewing, and it was at the Brick Store Pub that my forgotten love of Belgian beers was reawakened. Decatur has an enthusiastic appreciation and affection for the craftsman and the quality of hand crafted goods. Deservedly, the craft beer scene in Decatur has risen to national prominence with the only missing element, until now, a craft brewery. There is no better place to be in Atlanta if you are a craft beer lover.” says Purcell.
My personal favorite is a beer enjoyed during the brewery’s grand opening, that at the time was only available in kegs, but now is a special release in 750mL bottles: Theophan The Recluse. It’s a delicious Belgian-style Russian Imperial Stout with spices and packs a punch at 9%. For the holiday season, they’ve added a new brew to the mix, Feest Noel.
Feest is Dutch for Celebration, a perfect name for this Belgian-style strong dark ale seasoned with Christmas spice. Christmas has always been Purcell's favorite holiday and the Christmas seasonal beers some of the most deeply satisfying. Three Taverns hopes to add to that experience in 2013 with a local beer made in the tradition of the best Belgian Christmas ales. And while Feest Noel will only be available on tap this first year, in 2014 a very special 750 ml bottle of Feest will be introduced.
Three Taverns Brewery joins Blue Tarp Brewing as hot new breweries on the Decatur scene, but just across the border in Avondale Estates, Wild Heaven Craft Beers has broken ground on a physical space to welcome drinkers who have been enjoying their flagship brews Invocation, Ode to Mercy and Eschaton for years.
Nick Purdy, president of Wild Heaven and founding publisher of Paste whose magazine has called Decatur home for years shared his thoughts on the growing brewery scene in Decatur and Avondale Estates “The Avondale/Decatur area is already a dining destination and with the completion of numerous breweries and at least one distillery, will become a national destination for foodies and craft beer lovers alike. We're thrilled to be a part of a vibrant, community-driven scene like this.”
As far as special releases at the brewery, which is currently under construction, Purdy hopes to offer a special experience for beer lovers who make their way to the brewery. “It goes beyond that(special releases). At the Wild Heaven brewery, brewmaster Eric Johnson will continually be experimenting on The Pearly Gates, his one-of-a-kind pilot batch system, offering visitors the opportunity to taste creations that in most cases, will have never been distributed outside the brewery. And of course we plan to expand our year-round and seasonal offerings, as well as special single-batch beers.”
Wild Heaven joins a growing scene in Avondale Estates with the recent opening of Pallookaville and the upcoming restaurant “The Bishop.”
Photos courtesy of Chris Rank and Three Taverns Brewery.

Moonshine is hot, as evidenced by its growing presence on package store shelves, reality television and restaurant drink menus. That isn’t to say that the Southern liquor of choice, bourbon, is off the menu, it’s just that it has a bit more company with its former tax evading partner in crime.
Modern moonshine, or white whiskey, can come in many forms: clear or, increasingly, in fruit flavors. Many area restaurants choose to infuse their own fruit flavors into the moonshine and change them out seasonally.
It may seem like a new fad, but DBA Barbecue ( 1190 North Highland Ave NE Atlanta, GA 30306, 404 249-5000) in Virginia Highland has had moonshine on the menu for years and has found that its properties pair well with smoked meats and fried foods that hold court on the menu. It also cuts through the rich sides that are made with love by the lovable Miss Bev - definitely try her creamed corn, a personal favorite of mine.
Many of the spirits are made right here in the South including Ole Smoky in Tennessee, a spiced version made by Catdaddy in the Carolinas and Dawsonville’s own moonshine made in the North Georgia Mountains. One surprising fact about Dawsonville Moonshine is that it’s made under the same roof as city hall.
A newcomer to Buckhead’s restaurant scene is Stillhouse ( 56 E Andrews NW, Atlanta, GA 30305, (678-244-3601), whose concept and drink list is devoted to the clear spirit. You’ll even find that moonshine barrels are a part of the furniture at this bar in the East Andrews complex, just across the way from another popular whiskey hangout, the clandestine Prohibition.
Stillhouse offers many different types of whiskey but offers a relatively new product by Troy and Sons out of Asheville, NC. Troy and Sons use heirloom corn that gives it a distinct flavor that makes it perfect for mixing in cocktails or on its own neat.
The gastropub doesn’t limit the use of moonshine just to its cocktails, and uses the product to impart flavor into the cuisine as well. Diners can partake of Prince Edward Island mussels steamed in Troy and Sons Platinum moonshine.
In addition to moonshine, the restaurants’ burgers share the spotlight on the menu, including the popular Buckhead burger with two beef patties, duck confit, goat cheese, green tomato relish, pickled beets and fresh spinach.
Wooden barrels line the rear of the bar for their barrel aged cocktail program with favorites including Bottle in a Barrel cocktail, and bargoers can even select from different woods to impart a smoky flavor into any bourbon, whiskey or moonshine cocktail of their choice.
DBA has provided the recipe to their popular pickled moonshine martini that’s had a spot on the menu for quite sometime and is easy to create at home:
Pickled Moonshine Martini
2.5 ounces Junior Johnson's Midnight Moon
.25 ounces pickle juice
Shake vigorously over ice, strain into a martini glass and garnish with a pickle slice

Unbeknownst to many beer drinkers and Atlanta locals, Atlanta is home to several craft brew houses. The relatively new local industry was actually illegal until twenty years ago in 1993. Since then, several breweries have popped up in Atlanta, but there are a few that stand out with that extra something special. Note: All of these breweries offer tastings and tours free of charge. Guests can also purchase souvenir cups and drink tickets for $10 ($12 at Three Taverns). Regardless of number of drink tickets, all tastings equal to a total of 32oz., the maximum allowed by law.
Red Brick Brewing
Formerly known as Atlanta Brewing Company, Red Brick was the first brewery in Georgia in 1993. They proudly craft seasonal beers throughout the year and boast their Laughing Skull brew as The Vortex’s (link: http://www.thevortexbarandgrill.com/) house beer. They’re also very proud of their Atlanta heritage, which is made clear in their newest beer flavor, “A-Town Brown”. Red Brick opens up their quaint tasting room every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 5pm-8pm, and Saturday from 2pm-5pm.
Sweetwater Brewing Company
Arguably the most well known brewery in Georgia, Sweetwater Brewery is a large, open space with plenty of room for guests during tastings, both indoors and outdoors. Their range of flavors is my personal favorite of all the breweries in Atlanta. With tasty options like Sweetwater Blue (a beer with a light taste of blueberries) and Georgia Brown (“smoother than a Bill Clinton apology”), there’s something for almost anyone’s preferences. Sweetwater is open for tastings and tours Wednesday to Friday from 5:30 – 7:30 and Saturday and Sunday from 2:30 – 4:30. Pro Tip: Feel free to bring your pup; dogs are welcome to hang with you on the outdoor patio!
Monday Night Brewing
One of the newer breweries in Atlanta, Monday Night represents the idea that having an ice cold brew is refreshing every day of the week. Their motto “weekends are overrated” says it all. With beautiful décor including a fireplace and stunningly beautiful chandelier, Monday Night offers more of an experience than any other brewery in Atlanta. Not only do they also have vintage games, shuffleboard, and a huge projections screen that plays old movies, but Monday Night also has this super cool art instillation called “Tie One On”. In fact, if you bring a tie to donate, they’ll take $1 off the cost of a souvenir glass. And don’t worry, their tasting room is open more often than just on Mondays from 5:30-7:30; you can stop by on Thursdays 5:30-7:30pm and Saturdays 2:00-4:00pm.
Three Taverns Craft Beers
Possibly the newest brewery in Georgia, Three Taverns opened just over a month ago. This brewery offers more of a neighborhood feel, located in the heart of Decatur. The twinkling lights hanging outside of the brewery welcome tasters to step inside the cozy, cabin-esque interior. Three Taverns’ signature beers take you away to Belgium with their authentic Belgium-style brews. In fact, they are the only brewery in Georgia to use the ancient technique of Belgian-style brewing. Visit Three Taverns Craft Beers on Wednesday – Friday from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm and Saturday from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
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